Open AccessAwareness of familial hypercholesterolaemia in Australian primary care: A qualitative descriptive study
Author(s) -
Caroline Bulsara,
Tom Brett,
Jan Radford,
Clare Heal,
Gerard Gill,
Charlotte Hespe,
Cristian Vargas-García,
Ian Li,
David Sullivan,
Alastair W Vickery,
Jing Pang,
Diane Arnold-Reed,
Dick C. Chan,
Gerald F. Watts
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-04-21-5952
Subject(s) - descriptive research , primary care , qualitative research , medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , psychology , sociology , social science
A lack of public and health professional awareness about familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) leads to an estimated 90,000 Australians remaining undiagnosed. The aim of this study was to establish the level of knowledge and awareness of FH in Australian general practices.